Should we refuse the consensus?

[dmward1978]

Believe me. I work for the federal government. The census is just to cover poeple that dont file taxes. They know everything they want about you. Don't kid yourself. Between the credit bureaus and the IRS you've got nothing left to hide.

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Taxes dont necessary correlate to where you are. The census is a close look at who is where so they can redistrict for voting and congressional districts. They also want to know how many people are getting ready to be elligible for benefits (SS, medicare, etc).

[chadk]

OK, so my wife and oldest daughter have been gone for the weekend. Sunday after church I grab lunch at a fastfood drive through (a treat for the kids, as we don't usally do that) and take the kids home to eat. We all pile out of the van and we are greated by some dude on my porch....

He says he is here for the census. As the kids all filter around him rushing into the house ready for lunch, he asks me if I have time to answer some questions.

I said we are about to eat lunch and this isn't a good time. "but it will only take about 10 mins"

I said I have 6 kids to feed lunch right now and don't have 10 mins.

He asks for my phone number and when would be a 'good time' to call...

I asked him why he was there since I sent in my form.

He said he didn't know. He said there were probably a few more questions they wanted to clarify.

He then asked again for my number and a good time to call.

I just said there would be no good time to call. He asked if he could at least have my number. Not gonna happen.

He left. For now.


So the way I see it... if they are going to come to my house, AFTER I sent in the form (many answers left blank), they should at least come ready to ask SPECIFIC questions to make their time and my time used more efficiently. But I'm not going to waste time going over info they already have and then expanding on questions I clearly didn't want to answer in the first place our I would have already given it in the form....

But did they really need to send some guy to my door on a nice Sunday afternoon that I was relaxing and enjoying with my kids??? I was very polite and nice to him, but not thrilled with the process they are using and big waste of money this whole thing is. (anyone see how much money they spent on just the super bowl ad? )

[dmmj]

I have heard of quite a few people posing as census people and then asking for money or "fees" or even robbing people.